Following a trend from last year, business owners and leaders throughout Los Angeles County have major concerns about the future, especially about homelessness, housing affordability and crumbling infrastructure, according to a poll released by the Los Angeles County Business Federation, or LA BizFed. The 2019 BizFed Poll, or Pulse Poll, picked up feedback from the […]
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Community Organizations Hosted the Housing Forum, a Conference on the Housing Crisis
The South Bay Cities Council of Governments and SBAOR co-hosted last month in Torrance the Housing Forum, a half-day conference digging into tough and controversial questions about the housing crisis, housing availability, housing affordability, and what to do about it.
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ALERT! Tell Sacramento to Vote NO on Restrictive Rent Caps and Just Cause Evictions
Two bills in Sacramento discourage the production of rental housing. We need more housing in California, not less!
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ALERT! Tell Sacramento to fix Section 8 without hurting housing providers
Urge Your Senator to Oppose Bill that Forces Landlords to Participate in Section 8! C.A.R. OPPOSES SB 329 (Mitchell) because it effectively forces ALL residential rental property owners to participate in the voluntary Section 8 housing program by entering into a legally binding contract with a government agency – the provisions of which may be […]
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County Supervisors extend rent control, add new mandates without working with housing providers
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors last week extended a temporary rent control ordinance for unincorporated county. Without any collaboration or consultation with housing providers, the Board also tacked on a number of other provisions which negatively impact housing providers while doing nothing to resolve our region’s ongoing housing crisis. The County Supervisors had […]
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